I refer to myself as an actor. I mean, why is there an 'actor' and an 'actress' when there is no 'doctor'… — Shefali Shah Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I feel as actors we have to fight for the right to really go in as many directions as possible. — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
The Old Vic is a beautiful theater to work in. It's quite a large house, but it has a feeling of intimacy. — Jennifer Ehle Copy Share Image
There is a kind of classlessness in the theater. The rehearsal pianist, the head carpenter, the stage manager, the star of the… — John Kander Copy Share Image
We are not yet at the point where our size, our being the drama industry, is sufficient to support full time professional… — Ann Macbeth Copy Share Image
People are affected by what they see, hear. This is what matters to me the most because then our job as actors… — Clotilde Hesme Copy Share Image
In 2004, I shifted to Mumbai and started working in theatre, along with working for corporates for 15 years. That helped me… — Pratik Gandhi Copy Share Image
My major intention for coming to Hollywood - besides the fact that I was just enamored with acting from a very young… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
Laurence Olivier said if you have ambition to be a serious classical actor, you must be as fit as an athlete. For… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
I guess I'm lucky in that I started working very young in all three of the mediums. I started in stage first,… — Carol Kane Copy Share Image
As a kid, as a young actor, I really wanted to pop. I wanted to create something different. I wanted to be… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
Show business has never been my everything. It's a means; it's not the end. It's a means to the end. I want… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
Acting goes back a little ways for me. I supposed I started with theater growing up. It was mainly a social outlet… — David Lambert Copy Share Image
My very first friend was my stand-in, who's a very dear friend to this day, and she kind of saved my ass.… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
I still think acting is something that you're born with and I think the greatest actors today, they don't need training, it… — Sistine Stallone Copy Share Image
The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in… — Adrianne Palicki Copy Share Image
I think that's just a natural instinct as an actor is that you want to just keep exploring humanity and finding different… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
I know some actors don't want to see faces out there; they prefer to perform to a black wall. But I like… — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
I am shaped by my community - and I have been supported in my ambition to be an actor and storyteller. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they… — Tina Yothers Copy Share Image
The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It's in that intersection… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I think I've always enjoyed a challenge and I like being pushed and I like being stretched to the absolute limit. I… — Sophie Cookson Copy Share Image
I got started as an actress doing musical theater, and I always loved 'Grease' and 'West Side Story,' and all those kind… — Sara Paxton Copy Share Image
When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm more lost when I'm not on tour. I'm in a bit of a muddle at nine o'clock - 'Where's the stage?'… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
I was one of the artistic directors of the Steppenwolf Theatre, which me and many dear buddies started all the way back… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
As a member of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and now Prophets of Rage I'm pretty used to coming on stage and… — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
I think sometimes actors are drawn to good television because you have more time to sell it, you have more time to… — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
Every artiste vies for that one role, which takes her a level up, where people start recognising your work and acknowledging the… — Rupali Ganguly Copy Share Image
Sometimes I go to movies, and it's just a bombardment, and I'm not entertained by them - I'm assaulted by them! And… — Parker Posey Copy Share Image
In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I'm a theatre person, that's who I am. I'm happy to make sojourns into the world of movies but I'm basically a… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain… — Christine Baranski Copy Share Image
It's very rare that Black actors get an opportunity to do period pieces and to have a breadth of characters to choose… — Malik Yoba Copy Share Image
Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really… — Allison Scagliotti Copy Share Image
'Piaf' I did it because I wanted to do more theater instead of only musicals, and someone gave me the book and… — Elena Roger Copy Share Image
I came to theatre as a teenager by going to the National Theatre when it was at the Old Vic and sitting… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I was so scared of going back to the theatre after 'Hamlet.' I didn't know if I'd do a play again because… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't. — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
